Beschreibung:
Andrea C. Bianculli is Assistant Professor at the Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI), Spain.
This book explores and assesses the multiple levels at which linguistic policies can be challenged, devised and enacted, i.e. sub-national, national and supranational, and the variety of state and non-state actors involved.
1. Introduction; 2. A conceptual framework; 3. Empirical contextualisation; 4. Linguistic claims in Spain: education, public space signalisation and audio-visual media; 5. Comparative analysis across issues and territories; 6. European institutions: framing linguistic conflicts in Spain?; 7. Conclusions